Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a term that makes my skin crawl to even say it. However, it's practiced in over 92 countries, and even until the 1970s, health insurance in the United States covered female circumcision.

These are facts I learned from Farzana Doctor, an FGM survivor and now Activist, Psychotherapist, and Writer. Her latest book, Seven, is a rich, soulfully written novel about inheritance and resistance that tests the balance between modern and traditional customs.

This episode is full of learning about FGM, the Dawoodi Bohra community, and how patriarchy continues to be propagated by women. This is a nuanced conversation and I invite you to take a keen listen to this one.

As a successful architect in New York City, Raquel Vasallo, never knew what was going to hit her. Literally run over by an SUV, Raquel's life became a miracle story. She left her prestigious job and followed her clairvoyant path which included writing a #1 New York Times bestseller.

This episode is for you if you're ready to tune into your creative energy that you can feel but maybe can't always describe.

This is THE mom episode. There's nobody better to speak about being a mom... The good times and the hard stuff, all in one. And while making you laugh while she's at it.

Meet Jyoti Chand, also known as @mamajotes, who comes on and speaks about her experience as a mom, woman, and human being trying to make her way into this world.

Jyoti is honest, hilarious, and if you've ever felt like you're the only mom who locks herself in the closet to cry, in the middle of the day, while your kids are running amuck in the background. Or that you want to kill your husband because somehow he missed the laundry basket by literally 2 inches... then this episode is for you.

For all the mamas out there, you're amazing! You're a supermom and even beyond being a mama, you're an incredible woman who gets to be seen for who she is. AND live out your dreams too.

​Have you ever been on a guided journey to meet your higher self? You be thinking..."What in the world?! That sounds totally out there, Shazia" 

And yet there's a part of you divinely guided and waiting to show you the way. Tune in to this episode with Christina Miglino, Energy Intuitive, who takes us on the journey of what it's like to meet your higher self. She introduces us to her higher self, aptly named the Golden Goddess... 
and spoiler alert I share about my higher self too. 

If you've got a part of you that doesn't always make 'sense' but you feel guided from, this episode for you.

​With the passing of RBG, it's more important than ever that we focus on women's rights. We only recently got here in the U.S. and women's rights are the thing that could very easily be taken away. Tune into this week's episode to listen to A'magine Goddard, author and expert in civil rights, sexuality, and feminism for the last two decades. She shares what it means to be in ownership of your body and your sensuality. She doesn't hold back and I hope you won't either!